A shameful decision by Cameron on Europe

So the Tories have announced the new right of centre grouping in the European Parliament this morning.

It has taken three weeks of negotiation but will compromise 55 MEP's of which the Tories will have the lion's share of 26 and Poland's Law & Justice will have 15

The rest,a rag tangled mob and called the Prague grouping they declare that they are

CONSCIOUS OF THE URGENT NEED TO REFORM THE EU ON THE BASIS OF EUROREALISM, OPENNESS, ACCOUNTABILITY AND DEMOCRACY, IN A WAY THAT RESPECTS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF OUR NATIONS AND CONCENTRATES ON ECONOMIC RECOVERY, GROWTH AND COMPETITIVENESS,

If you want clarification of some of their partners,read Anthony Painter's post here.

I can't help feeling though that David Cameron has made a massive mistake by effectively alienating himself from the centre right coalition in Brussels, thus marginalising his MEP's from the political process.

It sends a clear message to Europe of what will happen if the Tories win the next election.The country will be isolated from Europe and that is a bad thing